Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 17:48:18 -0700 From: Gary Kline <kline@tao.thought.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@ns1.thought.org>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: xauth question Message-ID: <20010722174818.A4297@tao.thought.org> In-Reply-To: <200107222229.f6MMTqb10787@ptavv.es.net>; from oberman@es.net on Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:29:52PM -0700 References: <200107221908.f6MJ8MD04018@tao.thought.org> <200107222229.f6MMTqb10787@ptavv.es.net>
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On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 03:29:52PM -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > From: Gary Kline <kline@ns1.thought.org> > > Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:08:22 -0700 (PDT) > > Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > > > > > On the DNS system I'm configuring (temp named `fubar'), I get > > get the follow err message when I ssh across. Can anybody > > give me some clues about this "bad display name" message? > > It really is an incorrect DISPLAY name. > > > > Could this have something to do with the 4.0.1 release of > > X11? Or could something with how ssh is set up this side? > > > > TIA, > > > > gary > > > > > > > > p6 11:23 <tao> [1031] ssh -l admin fubar > > admin@fubar's password: > > Last login: Sat Jul 21 22:51:18 2001 from sense-kline-248. > > > > > > > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth: (stdin):1: bad display name "fubar.thought.org:10.0" in "add" command > > fubar% > > Gary, > > This indicates that xauth on the remote system tried to add an entry > in the .Xauthority file for what it thinks is the remote system, > fubar.thought.org. This failed, probably because the remote system has > a hostname of fubar.thought.org, but this could not be translated to > an IP address. I believe you can fix this either in DNS or by adding > an entry to /etc/hosts on the localhost line. > Whoa, right on the nose! Thanks, Kevin; there was nothing in fubar's /etc/hosts file. There is now, and that err message from xauth is history. Closer to launching this new server. thanks muchly, gary > -- Gary D. Kline kline@thought.org www.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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